Les Payne's The Dead Are Arising: An Intimate Look at the Life of Malcolm X

Lisa gattis: My uncle wanted this book for a while- he looked everywhere he said but I found it here and he was so happy!! Great read! Well made cover & beautiful art. A-plus!

United States on Dec 09, 2023

Douglas M Little: Les and Tamara Payne tell a a deeper and broader story of Malcolm X. I have studied him for decades, but never found a more informative and enchanting account of one of the most transformative leaders in American history. Malcolm X continues to be relevant.

United States on Oct 28, 2023

Andy Noble: I have always wanted to learn about Malcolm X and this excellent biography is the perfect starting place. It clearly sets out his life story neither hiding his flaws or over hyping his talents. Malcolm X, lifestory is a story of America trying to deal with its slaving past. In the last few years of his life, he correctly made the links between rampant Capitalism, class and racism against ethnic minorities was used as a salve to working class whites to distract them from the corruption of capitalism itself. Sadly both in America and my home country this tool is still being used.

United Kingdom on Sep 07, 2022

JimmyT: A good book full of information concerning the brave and controversial activist

United Kingdom on Jul 26, 2022

Erik L Oliver: I enjoy reading factional books about not only the distant past, but also about the recent past. I can easily understand why this book was rewarded The Booker Prize. Based upon the book, it seems that the autobiography, (which admittedly I have not read,) is lacking. As an Irish-American I find it interesting that my descendants were also a “minority.”) Far be it for me to compare the hardships my ancestors faced to what African-Americans have and continue to suffer from. But based upon not only this book, other similar books I’ve read recently, in America’s history you were less than human if you weren’t a WASP. I won’t descend into “the mud” as they say, yet I feel an amount of kinship with all the “others” who’s ancestors have been the targets of bigotry. Thankfully I had parents who taught me better.

United States on Apr 13, 2022

Amazon Customer: This book is a wonderful read. Lots of information I never knew about the life of Malcolm X. This book had taken a long time to write and it was worth the wait. Want to know about black history this book will help!

United Kingdom on May 30, 2021

The Careful Observer: I first read “The Autobiography Of Malcolm X” 38 years ago, in 1982. I have read the book more than 5 additional times, each time offering new insights. The book was so inspiring that I have been obsessed with knowing more about him. I have reviewed a wide scope of works in reference to Malcolm, so it is easy for me to become complacent and to think that there is very little that is ever going to be presented that is new. This new book by Les Payne proves me wrong. I purchased Payne's book on the day of its release (October 20, 2020), and spent the next two weeks patiently going through it, going back and forth re-reading passages, careful to go over things in microscopic detail, all while taking notes. It would be fair to say that I read this book with more care and patience than any other book that I have ever read in my life.
One of the reasons I love this book comes from the fact that so many people that Malcolm mentioned in his autobiography were interviewed, years after the fact, to get both their at-the-time thoughts about him and how they feel about him contemporarily. For anyone who truly knows The Autobiography, this is a treat.
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United States on May 01, 2021

Paul Rose: If you think you knew Malcolm X be prepared to have your evaluations shaken to the core. The author 's grasp of the facts surrounding this tumultuous era are revelatory. A brilliant and informative read. Highly recommended.

United Kingdom on Apr 14, 2021

Gerald Wirnsberger: Die Biografie deckt alle Lebensphasen von Malcom X ab, gerät aber etwas zu kurz, wenn es darum geht, klar die Motivationen und Ansichten von Malcom X zu vermitteln. Was hat ihn bewegt, zu tun was er getan hat? Welche Ansichten hatte er, wie in Reden und Schriften wahrscheinlich leicht zu erfahren wäre. Die Biografie deckt diese Bereiche nicht ausreichend ab. Ein paar mehr reden und Zitate wären hier hilfreich gewesen. Malcom X bleibt einem nach der Lektüre immer noch ein Rätsel. Ich hätte mir hier mehr erhofft - vielleicht braucht es zur Ergänzung auch noch die Autobiografie. Ich hätte mir aber erhofft, dass das auch in der Biografie klarer zu Tage tritt.

Germany on Feb 22, 2021

JamesMN: With the BLM movement going strong I now have a vastly greater appreciation for why it's a necessary movement and how the roots of it stretch back the way they do. I was never quite comfortable with Malcolm X, now I think I understand the man, his pain, his reasons for being the way he was, and the complexities he had to work through to achieve what he did. After reading this I could only wonder what he might have achieved had he lived on, been given the opportunity to get past the mis-perceptions/conclusions of his past and evolved, as he most surely was towards the end of his life, into a leader white people would have feared less and paid attention to more.

Lots of important history here, and if you have an open mind and can absorb what Payne is writing about, you'll come out of this with a greater appreciation for why we're at where we are with regard to race relations in this country. For me it instilled a much greater appreciation for why it's so important that we get past the problems we now have with equitable and historically-minded solutions that can make this the great country we aspire to be, but in so many ways fail to fully achieve, and the systemic racial...

United States on Dec 26, 2020